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We are on our last dregs of shampoo and I finally realised that Lookfantastic discount codes work with Aveda again yay! I’d swapped over to Shop Rush and then they stopped having codes that worked with Aveda too and I was starting to get annoyed! Who wants to pay full price for Shampoo?

I’ve been using Aveda for almost 20 years and it is the only shampoo that allows me to grow my hair past my chin without it becoming a tangled flyway mess. I have very fine and static prone hair and it’s not that I haven’t tried other brands (at both ends of the spectrum) it’s just that Aveda seems to be the only one that works for me.

I was terribly disappointed when I visited an in-store concession and the sales team didn’t seem that bothered about trying to sell me anything. I asked about a replacement for the Sap Moss shampoo they did not so long ago to be told I must have gotten the name wrong because they had never heard of it… hmm… here’s me thinking that the customer is always right.

Anyway, back to the point of my post, after almost 20 years of deliberating over one of their colour conditioners (I’ve had the shampoos) I have finally caved in and bought some Blue Malva:

I noticed that there was also a BOGOF on Korres shower gel so I dropped a pack into my basket too. I’ve not tried the Basil Lemon before but it sounds perfect for summer when you want some fresh zestyness on a morning:

My seven year old got a mini Enid Blyton book with a McDonalds Happy Meal a few months ago and enjoyed reading it. I thought that she was a bit beyond The Wishing Chair et al and absolutely adores school so hopefully this will be perfect for the six weeks holidays. We have already had tears at the opening chapter when the mothers see the new girls off to boarding school though. Oops. I think we’ll be able to read a chapter per night between us.

Yay, I managed to bag the Topshop midi skirt in the summer sales. I actually like it more in the flesh as I was a little worried it might be too pale but it is a more flattering oyster tone. An incredibly versatile colour and pattern actually with many red through to orange tones and grey through to black. There is even a tiny hint of lime green in there. It goes with an awful lot of my wardrobe and I can see me wearing this in autumn with a charcoal skinny roll neck sweater or fitted black cardigan too.

Unfortunately I do need some shoes to go with all of these planned outfits…. Step in Clarks sale! I’m patiently (well not really) waiting in for my delivery right now. I did try some on in store but unfortunately having titchy feet means store stock is equally titchy so I had to try on some larger sizes to gauge whether to go down a full or half size. I want a court shoe with a comfortable and chunky heel:

On the off-chance of my usual jeans I had a look in the Very sale and thought I’d take a punt on some super reduced ‘slim leg’ jeans to wear rolled up as slim boyfriend jeans. I got them this morning and although they aren’t super slim they are great straight leg jeans. Quite pleased I got these for under £7.

I’ve had a good run of card making lately. I love it when you hit on a design that can be replicated using different colours or papers to change it up.

These are wedding anniversary cards. Got three, including my own, coming up soon.

The background paper is by Magnolia. I thought the distressed look went well with the linen textured card blank giving a kind of an antique tapestry feeling? The stamp is a Do-crafts one. It is fairly tricky to get a good stamp with it but I do like the text. The background card is a mix of Bazzill and Colorbok.

Next are some birthday cards using a pennant design. This is an excellent technique for using up those small strips of paper I always seem to end up with and odds and ends of ribbons that aren’t long enough to tie.

The papers are a mix of My Minds Eye (purple pleated ribbon card) and Kaisercraft (pearl accent card). I just arranged them by eye and made sure the sides were equal length but I think anything goes really. I also did a kraft style version for a teenage boy but didn’t manage to take a photo before it had to go in the post. I think I’ll be making more of these as I get some more paper pads or double sided scrapbook papers in.

It was very enjoyable. I’m not surprised the reviews on Amazon were so varied as I would struggle to put this into a genre. It was down right bizarre in parts, certainly one of those books where you have no idea of the ending put it that way. I’m not sure I would read anything more by the author as the itch has been scratched.

Being pregnant does seriously limit your wardrobe choices but this can be liberating! I really enjoyed having a carefully curated selection of outfits and clothes that I could mix and match so I have decided to share a similar capsule wardrobe here. My advice would be to stick to a fairly minimal colour pallet.

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In fact, I felt my capsule wardrobe was so successful I’m trying to implement it in my non-maternity wardrobe now. I’ll keep you updated as to how I get on with that.